After a six-hour interrogation, the person confessed about all the conspiracy. (Representational)
New Delhi:
A 40-year-old jeweller and his two associates staged a pretend theft of two.6 kg gold at his workplace in central Delhi with the intention to get financial institution loans value Rs 61 lakh waived off, police stated on Sunday.
Abhijeet Samanta, who has been within the jewelry enterprise for the previous 4 years, was not making a lot revenue and it was additional hit because of the coronavirus lockdown. Samanta and his associates — Farhan (38), a property supplier, and Munna (28), who works at a storage — staged a pretend theft, officers stated.
Munna executed the theft by venturing into the workplace at Chandni Mahal carrying a burka and a toy gun, police stated.
The matter got here to gentle after Samanta approached the police, alleging that a lady carrying a burka got here inside his workplace on Saturday evening and positioned a gun on his head, in response to the police.
Samanta alleged that the lady slapped him, snatched Rs 50,000 from him and keys of lockers. She compelled him to open the locker and later tied his palms, legs and mouth with the material. Thereafter, she fled with all of the jewelry and money.
Throughout investigation, the CCTV footages of various cameras had been analysed and it was seen that the entry of the lady was pleasant and behavior of the complainant was additionally suspicious, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Sanjay Bhatia stated.
After a six-hour interrogation, Samanta broke down and confessed about all the conspiracy hatched by him alongside along with his two associates, Bhatia stated.
Samanta disclosed that with the intention to develop his enterprise, he had availed enterprise mortgage value Rs 61 lakh roughly from three completely different banks. He additionally bought insured the gold inventory, primarily based on which he secured loans.
Since 2018, his enterprise was not going properly and eventually as a consequence of lockdown, he was not able to deposit the EMI, the DCP stated.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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